Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 220 293 307
Rank change year-on-year +73 +14 -100
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 569 602 519
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.05% 0.92% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 1.08% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 241 296 392
10th Percentile £42,410 £42,608 £43,750
25th Percentile £56,250 £55,304 £59,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £82,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £118,750 £96,250 £112,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £62,500 £64,108 £65,000
% change year-on-year -2.51% -1.37% +9.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,531 55,918 47,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.16% 85.44% 93.76%
Number of salaries quoted 27,749 29,151 36,831
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £99,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -0.94%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 30 November 2025.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 30 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +73 512 £70,000 +3.70% 180
London +104 280 £80,000 +3.23% 71
UK excluding London 0 241 £62,500 -2.51% 172
Work from Home +27 161 £72,500 +11.54% 98
South East +30 91 £62,500 -3.85% 81
North of England +25 49 £72,500 +11.54% 24
Midlands -3 43 £65,000 -7.14% 18
West Midlands +26 27 £57,500 -11.54% 11
Yorkshire +23 25 £80,000 +23.08% 8
North West +23 23 £67,500 - 13
East of England +46 22 £72,000 -0.69% 11
South West 0 17 £62,500 +16.28% 26
East Midlands -6 14 £80,000 +14.29% 7
Northern Ireland +8 11 £75,000 +26.20% 1
Scotland -2 6 £42,000 -24.95% 10
Wales +7 4 £53,750 -16.16% 3
North East 0 1 - - 3

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 17 (2.99%) Confluence
2 6 (1.05%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.88%) CMS
4 2 (0.35%) CICS
4 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.35%) MTS
5 1 (0.18%) Mule
Applications
1 14 (2.46%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (0.88%) Microsoft Project
4 3 (0.53%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.53%) Trello
5 1 (0.18%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 19 (3.34%) Payment Gateway
2 12 (2.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (0.88%) NetSuite
3 5 (0.88%) Shopify
4 1 (0.18%) CiviCRM
4 1 (0.18%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.18%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 80 (14.06%) Azure
2 77 (13.53%) SaaS
3 60 (10.54%) AWS
4 41 (7.21%) GCP
5 30 (5.27%) Vertex AI
6 27 (4.75%) PaaS
7 25 (4.39%) Azure DevOps
8 17 (2.99%) Azure AI
8 17 (2.99%) Power Platform
9 13 (2.28%) H2O.ai
9 13 (2.28%) OpenShift
10 12 (2.11%) GitHub
11 6 (1.05%) GitHub Copilot
11 6 (1.05%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
13 4 (0.70%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
14 3 (0.53%) Collibra
14 3 (0.53%) Dynamics 365
14 3 (0.53%) Google Analytics
15 2 (0.35%) Asana
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.41%) 5G
1 8 (1.41%) Broadband
2 7 (1.23%) RTP
3 6 (1.05%) Ethernet
3 6 (1.05%) HTTP
3 6 (1.05%) PSTN
4 5 (0.88%) WAN
4 5 (0.88%) Wireless
5 4 (0.70%) LAN
5 4 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.53%) DNS
6 3 (0.53%) Kerberos
6 3 (0.53%) Network Security
6 3 (0.53%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.35%) ATM
7 2 (0.35%) Firewall
7 2 (0.35%) GPRS
7 2 (0.35%) LTE
7 2 (0.35%) SAN
7 2 (0.35%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (3.51%) Metadata
2 18 (3.16%) Data Mining
2 18 (3.16%) Relational Database
3 15 (2.64%) Power BI
4 14 (2.46%) Data Lake
4 14 (2.46%) NoSQL
4 14 (2.46%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (2.11%) RDBMS
6 6 (1.05%) SAP BW
6 6 (1.05%) SQL Server
7 5 (0.88%) KDB
7 5 (0.88%) Kdb+
7 5 (0.88%) Tableau
8 4 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.53%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (0.53%) SAP HANA
10 2 (0.35%) DB2
10 2 (0.35%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.18%) Big Data
11 1 (0.18%) Data Vault
Development Applications
1 36 (6.33%) JIRA
2 5 (0.88%) TeamCity
3 4 (0.70%) ERwin
4 3 (0.53%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.53%) PowerDesigner
4 3 (0.53%) Spinnaker
5 2 (0.35%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.35%) YouTrack
6 1 (0.18%) Bazaar
6 1 (0.18%) ER Studio
6 1 (0.18%) Jaeger
General
1 229 (40.25%) Social Skills
2 208 (36.56%) Finance
3 128 (22.50%) Marketing
4 126 (22.14%) Analytical Skills
5 74 (13.01%) Law
6 63 (11.07%) Legal
7 49 (8.61%) Banking
8 48 (8.44%) Retail
9 43 (7.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 36 (6.33%) Financial Institution
11 32 (5.62%) Manufacturing
12 28 (4.92%) Electronics
13 26 (4.57%) Presentation Skills
14 25 (4.39%) Public Sector
15 23 (4.04%) Telecoms
16 19 (3.34%) Influencing Skills
17 17 (2.99%) Billing
18 16 (2.81%) Digital Economy
19 12 (2.11%) Organisational Skills
20 11 (1.93%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 155 (27.24%) Product Manager
2 90 (15.82%) Lead
3 80 (14.06%) Senior
4 30 (5.27%) Senior Manager
5 24 (4.22%) Product Owner
6 21 (3.69%) Architect
6 21 (3.69%) Product Management Director
6 21 (3.69%) Security Engineer
6 21 (3.69%) Senior Product Manager
7 16 (2.81%) Developer
7 16 (2.81%) Digital Product Manager
7 16 (2.81%) Product Delivery Manager
7 16 (2.81%) Product Lead
8 14 (2.46%) Software Engineer
8 14 (2.46%) Technical Support
9 13 (2.28%) Change Manager
10 11 (1.93%) Head of Product Management
11 10 (1.76%) Backend Developer
11 10 (1.76%) Development Manager
11 10 (1.76%) Python Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.51%) REST
1 20 (3.51%) YAML
2 13 (2.28%) Flask
2 13 (2.28%) Keras
2 13 (2.28%) PyTorch
2 13 (2.28%) TensorFlow
3 9 (1.58%) FastAPI
4 7 (1.23%) .NET
4 7 (1.23%) EDI
5 6 (1.05%) Node.js
5 6 (1.05%) React
6 4 (0.70%) JSON
6 4 (0.70%) OAuth
6 4 (0.70%) SAML
6 4 (0.70%) SOAP
6 4 (0.70%) XML
7 3 (0.53%) Django
7 3 (0.53%) Spring
7 3 (0.53%) Spring Boot
7 3 (0.53%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 83 (14.59%) Product Ownership
2 55 (9.67%) Onboarding
3 38 (6.68%) Self-Motivation
4 32 (5.62%) Management Information System
5 20 (3.51%) Data Centre
5 20 (3.51%) Security Posture
6 19 (3.34%) Algorithms
7 18 (3.16%) AI Agents
8 15 (2.64%) Cloud Native
9 14 (2.46%) Driving Licence
10 13 (2.28%) Public Cloud
11 12 (2.11%) Social Media
12 11 (1.93%) Mobile App
13 8 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
13 8 (1.41%) SWIFT Messaging Network
13 8 (1.41%) Tandem
13 8 (1.41%) Virtual Team
14 7 (1.23%) IoT
15 6 (1.05%) Derivative
15 6 (1.05%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.41%) Windows
2 6 (1.05%) Linux
3 2 (0.35%) AIX
3 2 (0.35%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (0.35%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.35%) Windows Server 2019
3 2 (0.35%) zOS
4 1 (0.18%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 272 (47.80%) Roadmaps
2 235 (41.30%) Agile
3 149 (26.19%) Problem-Solving
4 131 (23.02%) Product Strategy
5 127 (22.32%) Product Roadmap
6 101 (17.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 98 (17.22%) AI
8 97 (17.05%) Analytics
9 90 (15.82%) User Experience
10 88 (15.47%) Stakeholder Management
11 81 (14.24%) Computer Science
12 79 (13.88%) Information Security
13 75 (13.18%) B2B
14 74 (13.01%) Decision-Making
15 68 (11.95%) Value Proposition
16 67 (11.78%) Strategic Thinking
17 66 (11.60%) DevOps
17 66 (11.60%) Machine Learning
18 65 (11.42%) Product Vision
19 64 (11.25%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 43 (7.56%) Python
1 43 (7.56%) SQL
2 20 (3.51%) PowerShell
3 19 (3.34%) Java
4 6 (1.05%) C#
5 5 (0.88%) Go
6 3 (0.53%) C++
6 3 (0.53%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.35%) Bash
7 2 (0.35%) COBOL
7 2 (0.35%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.35%) JCL
7 2 (0.35%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.35%) Scala
8 1 (0.18%) Groovy
8 1 (0.18%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.18%) MATLAB
8 1 (0.18%) PHP
8 1 (0.18%) SHACL
Qualifications
1 135 (23.73%) Degree
2 60 (10.54%) Computer Science Degree
3 52 (9.14%) Master's Degree
4 29 (5.10%) Security Cleared
5 19 (3.34%) SC Cleared
6 8 (1.41%) MBA
7 7 (1.23%) DV Cleared
7 7 (1.23%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.23%) PMP
8 6 (1.05%) CSPO
9 5 (0.88%) AWS Certification
9 5 (0.88%) CISSP
10 4 (0.70%) Azure Certification
10 4 (0.70%) CISM
10 4 (0.70%) SAP Certification
11 3 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (0.53%) CITP
11 3 (0.53%) HNC
11 3 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.35%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (5.80%) QA
2 30 (5.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 25 (4.39%) NIST
4 21 (3.69%) NCSC
5 20 (3.51%) Data Quality
6 17 (2.99%) Accessibility
7 7 (1.23%) ISO 20022
8 5 (0.88%) IFRS
8 5 (0.88%) PCI DSS
8 5 (0.88%) PMO
8 5 (0.88%) SEPA
9 4 (0.70%) GDPR
9 4 (0.70%) ISO 8583
9 4 (0.70%) PSD2
10 2 (0.35%) COREP
10 2 (0.35%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.35%) FINREP
10 2 (0.35%) SLA
11 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.18%) NIST 800
System Software
1 14 (2.46%) Docker
2 5 (0.88%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.88%) Virtual Machines
2 5 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (0.88%) vSphere
3 2 (0.35%) Firmware
3 2 (0.35%) Hyper-V
3 2 (0.35%) RACF
3 2 (0.35%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (2.64%) Terraform
2 14 (2.46%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.70%) Ansible
3 4 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
4 2 (0.35%) Puppet
4 2 (0.35%) Salt
4 2 (0.35%) WSUS
5 1 (0.18%) Argo
5 1 (0.18%) CSIRT
5 1 (0.18%) Kustomize
5 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.18%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 80 (14.06%) Microsoft
2 51 (8.96%) Google
3 23 (4.04%) Foundry
4 22 (3.87%) Databricks
5 20 (3.51%) Salesforce
6 16 (2.81%) SAP
7 15 (2.64%) Dell
7 15 (2.64%) OpenAI
8 13 (2.28%) NVIDIA
9 8 (1.41%) Oracle
10 6 (1.05%) Zoho
11 5 (0.88%) Manugistics
11 5 (0.88%) VMware
12 4 (0.70%) Apple
13 3 (0.53%) Adobe
13 3 (0.53%) CrowdStrike
13 3 (0.53%) Sage
13 3 (0.53%) Tenable
13 3 (0.53%) YouTube
14 2 (0.35%) TikTok